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October 7, 2015
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portlandia Birthday Bash
Rapper Murs hits Portland with
his ‘Have a Nice Life tour’ coming
Friday, Oct. 9 at the Hawthorne
Theater.
Indie Rap
Concert
Legendary underground rapper
and entrepreneur Murs is coming to
Portland with his new “Have a Nice
Life” tour, including live perfor-
mances by Red Pill and King Fantas-
tic.
Murs has recorded a string of al-
bums with Fashawn, 9th wonder, and
Slug of Atmosphere. He’s also the
owner and founder of the ground-
breaking Paid Dues Festival, which
highlights the best underground rap
on the planet.
Having been both an independent
artist and signed to a major label,
Murs learned the benefits of going in-
die, and signed with Tech N9ne’s la-
bel Strange Music in early 2014.
His all-ages show takes place at
the Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 S.E.
Hawthorne Blvd. at 39th Avenue, on
Friday, Oct. 9. Tickets are $16 in ad-
vance and $18 the day of the show, and
available online at cascadetickets.com/
event/?performer_id=3600193.
Portlandia, the hammered copper statute in front of the Portland Building,
downtown, came to the city in 1985.
Portland’s famous cop-
per statue is turning 30
years old – and you’re in-
vited to help celebrate,
Thursday, Oct. 8 from noon
to 1:30 p.m. at the Standard
Insurance Plaza across
from the street from the
statute at 1120 S.W. Fifth
Ave.
Rose Highbar from Wis-
dom of the Elders will
provide a Native blessing,
and Storm Large will sing
“Happy Birthday” to the
copper goddess with stu-
dents from Chapman Ele-
mentary School. Other fes-
tivities will include games,
photo opportunities and
‘80s music. Refreshments
will be served
The Portland Building’s
architect, Michael Graves,
had suggested a statue of
Lady Commerce from Port-
land’s city seal as part of
his design for the Portland
Building; Raymond Kaskey
won the $198,000 commis-
sion and named the sculp-
ture “Portlandia.”
Upon her completion
in 1985, Portlandia was
shipped by rail, from
Maryland to Oregon, in
eight pieces. After being
reassembled in a local
shipyard, she rode by river
barge and truck to her fi-
nal destination, welcomed
by 10,000 Portland resi-
dents along the riverbank,
streets, and bridges.
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